Summer Harvest in an Extensive Landscape

c. 1590

Lodewyk Toeput

Associated Names
Lodewyk Toeput

Artist, Flemish, c. 1550 - 1603/1605

The image displays a rural scene from a slightly elevated perspective. A figure sits under a large tree observing the surroundings. A road leads into the distance where two horses and a cart loaded with hay approach a rustic structure. Near the structure, there are barrels and smoke coming from a chimney. In the fields beyond, several small figures are engaged in harvesting activities. The horizon is lined with small buildings or trees. The illustration uses delicate lines with light blue washes for shadows. The color scheme is mainly sepia tones with hints of blue. The sky has wispy clouds and faint birds in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with blue and brownish gray wash over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27 × 42.4 cm (10 5/8 × 16 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.2.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Frances Springell, Portinscale, Cumberland; (sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 3 April 1978, 23); David Tunick Gallery, New York; purchased by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 35.

Bibliography

1965

  • Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Frances Springell. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1965: 11-12.

1978

  • Sotheby's, Amsterdam: 4/3/78, 23.

1992

  • Gerszi, Terez. "The Draughtsmanship of Lodewijk Toeput." Master Drawings, 1992: 378, 380, 388, 394.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery. Exh. cat. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2006: 92-95.

Inscriptions

lower center verso in graphite: A15922; in green crayon: 9

Watermarks

Eagle in a circle with crown above, Briquet 207 (Rome 1573-1587), Udine 1578-1598, Siena, Lucca, Reggio (1594-1598)

Wikidata ID

Q64593282

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